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Curated OER

Evacuating a Volcano: A Simulation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore hazards associated with cataclysmic natural events, and human responses to them by creating emergency plans.
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Curated OER

Definition Lists

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Learners create a list of items with indented text block definitions in an HTML document. They produce a bibliography with a definition list.
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Curated OER

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

For Students 6th - 12th
In this earthquakes and volcanoes worksheet, students will review how volcanoes are formed and where they are found. Students will describe earthquakes and their magnitudes. Students will use a table to answer questions about tsunamis....
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Curated OER

Biomes: Islands and Evolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover how islands form, how plant and animal species get there and what the term means.  In this biomes lesson students prepare a presentation that describes the life forms and geography of an island. 
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Curated OER

Passive Voice

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this passive voice worksheet, learners fill in the blanks to the sentences with the verbs given in the passive voice. Students complete 3 passages.
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Curated OER

Volcanoes

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the formation of volcanoes. In this earth science lesson, students build their own volcanoes in the lab using different materials. They identify the different types of volcanoes.
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Curated OER

Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes Lab

For Teachers K
Students explore that volcanoes produce rocks.
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Curated OER

Missouri Time Scale

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students plot events that happened years ago beginning with volcano activity.  In this investigative lesson students are introduced to the different eras and plot them on a map. 
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Curated OER

Looking Back to 1980

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils use clustering/mind mapping techniques to generate ideas, graphically represent inferences, organize their conclusions and write a report that presents conclusions the writer has reached, and facts substantiating those conclusions.
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Curated OER

Life of An Island

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify the steps in the life cycle of an island. They label islands in the correct stage of their life cycle and illustrate the process themselves. They also review the concept of plate tectonics.
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Curated OER

Life is Weird!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students describe major features of cold seep communities, and list at least five organisms typical of these communities. They infer probable trophic relationships among organisms typical of cold-seep communities and the surrounding...
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Curated OER

This Life Stinks!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the process of chemosynthesis and contrast this process with photosynthesis. They consider the relevance of chemosynthesis to biological communities in the vicinity of cold seeps.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions

For Students 9th - 10th
This media-rich essay from NOVA Online describes the challenges of forecasting volcanic eruptions and includes information about specific cases.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Volcanic Eruptions and Hazards

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service illustrates the difference between explosive and effusive volcanic eruptions, as well as the hazards that can result, including lahars, tsunamis, and lava flows.
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US Geological Survey

Usgs: Types of Volcanic Eruptions

For Students 9th - 10th
Types of volcanic eruptions are named after actual volcanoes. View the eruptions of these volcanoes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Predicting Volcanic Eruptions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How scientists can predict volcanic eruptions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Predicting Volcanic Eruptions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How scientists can predict volcanic eruptions.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Volcanic Eruptions Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Review volcanoes and volcanic eruptions using this brief review guide.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: The Effects of Volcanic Eruptions

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn about the effects of volcanic eruptions.
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Other

Lanzarote Guide: Volcanic Eruptions

For Students 9th - 10th
The Lanzarote volcanic mountains erupted in 1700, destroying many villages. Read about the eruptions at this site.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Little Ice Age: Dark Skies: Volcanic Contribution to Climate Change

For Teachers 5th - 9th
In this activity, young scholars learn how volcanic eruptions affect global climate.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Volcanoes: Forecasting Eruptions

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at some of the methods and problems with forecasting volcanic eruptions.
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Handout
US Geological Survey

Us Geological Survey/ 20th Century Eruptions

For Students 9th - 10th
table of 20th century eruptions. The dates are in chronological order starting with the most recent. Each eruption has a link and a description.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Volcanoes: Can We Predict Volcanic Eruption

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful presentation on volcanoes! Why do volcanoes erupt? How do they erupt? What happens to the land? Can volcano eruptions be predicted? Find the answers by clicking on this resource!

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